A type of character, action, or situation that occurs over and over in literature; a pattern or example that occurs in literature and life. Example: The emperor himself was an archetype of what the modern world calls a constitutional monarch; he reigned, but did not govern.
Automator is an application developed by Apple for OS X that implements point-and-click (or drag and drop) creation of workflows for automating repetitive tasks into batches for quicker alteration, thus saving time and effort over human intervention to manually change each file separately.
Both interact with Mac applications. Both are targeted toward everyday Mac users. But AppleScript and Automator are actually quite different. This article will attempt to clear up some of the confusion surrounding these technologies.